diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index b80862f22..31b37cd79 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ from lib.core.exception import SqlmapSyntaxException
 from lib.core.exception import SqlmapUserQuitException
 from lib.core.log import LOGGER_HANDLER
 from lib.core.optiondict import optDict
+from lib.core.settings import BANNER
 from lib.core.settings import BOLD_PATTERNS
 from lib.core.settings import BRUTE_DOC_ROOT_PREFIXES
 from lib.core.settings import BRUTE_DOC_ROOT_SUFFIXES
@@ -986,7 +987,9 @@ def banner():
     This function prints sqlmap banner with its version
     """
 
-    _ = """\n    %s - %s\n    %s\n\n""" % (VERSION_STRING, DESCRIPTION, SITE)
+    _ = BANNER
+    if not getattr(LOGGER_HANDLER, "is_tty", False):
+        _ = re.sub("\033.+?m", "", _)
     dataToStdout(_, forceOutput=True)
 
 def parsePasswordHash(password):
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 3289563ba..ea78d0591 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 # sqlmap version and site
 VERSION = "1.0-dev"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
-VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s%s" % (VERSION, "-%s" % REVISION if REVISION else "")
+VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s%s" % (VERSION, "-%s" % REVISION if REVISION else "-nongit")
 DESCRIPTION = "automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool"
 SITE = "http://sqlmap.org"
 ISSUES_PAGE = "https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/new"
 GIT_REPOSITORY = "git://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git"
 ML = "sqlmap-users@lists.sourceforge.net"
 
+# colorful banner
+BANNER = """\033[01;33m         _
+ ___ ___| |_____ ___ ___  \033[01;37m{\033[01;%dm%s\033[01;37m}\033[01;33m
+|_ -| . | |     | .'| . |
+|___|_  |_|_|_|_|__,|  _|
+      |_|           |_|   \033[0m\033[4m%s\033[0m\n
+""" % ((31 + hash(REVISION) % 6) if REVISION else 30, VERSION_STRING.split('/')[-1], SITE)
+
 # Minimum distance of ratio from kb.matchRatio to result in True
 DIFF_TOLERANCE = 0.05
 CONSTANT_RATIO = 0.9